Putin carries his notes in his right hand. Bit of a psychological play perhaps? A little movement of those sheets now and then. A shuffle or tap of those papers at just the right moments will bring a puppy to heel.
Its so obvious, yet the "Deplorables" still can not see it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_language#Body_postures https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spycatcher/201205/what-the-shoulders-say-about-us
They obviously didn't have a baseball team at Obama's mosque when he was a kid in Indonesia. Perhaps he did some ballet though.